In 1992, His Holiness a Dalai Lama encouraged neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson to turn his laboratory’s tools—brain-scanning technologies developed to study cognitive disorders—toward the positive qualities of the mind: compassion, wisdom, and kindness. For Davidson, it was a shift in…
Summer solstice Renewing your commitment and commitmentAnnual center / integrationAcknowledgment of a turning pointAn overview of your choices and decisionsHaving power and internal authorityProcessing and planning for the next 6 monthsEvaluation and integration of the last 6 monthsRespect and gratitude…
Your angels are sharing something beautiful with you today. Take a moment to place your hands on your heart and call for divine guidance to lead you to the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd message. There is no right or wrong…
I listened to an episode Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin – interview with the Cambridge neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow – and part of it stopped me. Not because he told me something I didn’t know, but because he…
“Master your mind or it will master you.” ~Buddha Sometimes I wake before dawn and lie still, listening for signs that the house is awake. Coughing in the hallway. Account opening sound. The water flows softly in the kitchen sink.…
Here’s what set me back last week—and how I’m healing my trauma as an introvert prone to self-isolation. I thought I was getting better. And then came the root causes. As I have shared in other posts, I was recently…
A lot depends on the expressions. The same handful of little phrases used at the right moment can change the way someone feels during a conversation. Most of us have been in the reception area for an hour or two…
The grey-bearded holy man of Varanasi waved as we made eye contact. I had been in this ancient, sacred northern Indian city for a week and had passed by it several times, always sitting on a branch at the intersection…
There is a certain type of person who, when presented with a problem, does not immediately reach for the answer. They sit down with him. They ask some quiet questions. They are wasting their time. It can be a bit…
June has so far been a month of intense feelings and breakthroughs that reveal hidden beliefs and deep truths. Revelation holds the potential for transformation as we face the shadows we have long ignored. Illusions are washed away and we…
